Just got offered Perry, Parise and Karlesson for Ovechkin and Patrick Kane.

My +/- takes a pretty big hit here and so do my hits losing Ovechkin. Ovy's start is bothering me so I'm looking to unload him but it's hard to move a guy like Ovy. It's also hard to accept because of Parise's slow start and whether or not he returns to his former self this year.

Just got offered Perry, Parise and Karlesson for Ovechkin and Patrick Kane.

My +/- takes a pretty big hit here and so do my hits losing Ovechkin. Ovy's start is bothering me so I'm looking to unload him but it's hard to move a guy like Ovy. It's also hard to accept because of Parise's slow start and whether or not he returns to his former self this year.

Should I pull the plug?

The value here is close, Perry is probably the only one from that top-line playing somewhat well fantasy wise. Karlsson is racking up the assists and Parise is a risk at this point. If you need G, A, PPP and SOG, I think this is not a bad trade.

Kane is the best fantasy player in this deal right now considering Ovie's funk, if he picks it up and Perry/Parise continue to have an off year, you lose this trade I imagine, but not severely.

This is the type of trade you make if you are sitting in the bottom half of your league at the 1/3rd to 1/2 mark of the season for a shake-up to try and make a comeback. However with the Caps, and Anaheim getting new coaches it may work now since both Ovie and Perry could be reinspired.

The value here is close, Perry is probably the only one from that top-line playing somewhat well fantasy wise. Karlsson is racking up the assists and Parise is a risk at this point. If you need G, A, PPP and SOG, I think this is not a bad trade.

Kane is the best fantasy player in this deal right now considering Ovie's funk, if he picks it up and Perry/Parise continue to have an off year, you lose this trade I imagine, but not severely.

This is the type of trade you make if you are sitting in the bottom half of your league at the 1/3rd to 1/2 mark of the season for a shake-up to try and make a comeback. However with the Caps, and Anaheim getting new coaches it may work now since both Ovie and Perry could be reinspired.

Unless you really need the +/- I think this is a fair shake-up trade.

Thanks for the input. I'm currently in 3rd in my league and only a few points behind 1st and 1 point behind second so I don't really need to shake anything up yet I don't think. Just looking to make my team better if I can. I think I'll just wait on the response to the proposal and wait to see if Ovy steps it up with his new coach.

IDK what to do with Cam Ward. It seems like every week he contributes to me losing in the goalie categories.

Unlike a lot of weak goaltender performances, I don't believe it's a Cam Ward issue. Carolina is significantly worse than I though they were going to be. I'm praying that Muller can do something about the defense because my Champs League was counting on Ward and, at the moment, UFA pickup Craig Anderson is my anchor.

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Yah, would be great to get a complete list of who's who in League 5. You can probably figure out which team is mine.

Ailurophile, you interested in taking one of Markov or Visnovsky off my hands as part of a larger deal since you've got a free IR spot?

Unlike a lot of weak goaltender performances, I don't believe it's a Cam Ward issue. Carolina is significantly worse than I though they were going to be. I'm praying that Muller can do something about the defense because my Champs League was counting on Ward and, at the moment, UFA pickup Craig Anderson is my anchor.

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Yah, would be great to get a complete list of who's who in League 5. You can probably figure out which team is mine.

Ailurophile, you interested in taking one of Markov or Visnovsky off my hands as part of a larger deal since you've got a free IR spot?

Also anyone with struggling goalies who are usually good, but on poor teams this year, if the FA pool has some decent pick-ups who have been playing well during spot starts, it might be worth it to sacrifice an extra forward, especially a deep position like center, to drop for one of the goalies.

Sometimes rotating 4-5 goalies, some who are hot, or spot starting over a slumping #1 is the only way to salvage the goalie categories since dropping the slumping goalie is not an option.

That is, if you aren't able to make a trade using one of your strong areas.

In a deep league for example I am rotating, Pavelec, Rask, Bobrovsky, Giguere, and have been lucky with Elliot. Between all of them I have won goalie categories most weeks. Not every league will have that many decent netminder options available in FA, for instance in a 12 team league right now the only available goalies are Clemmensen, Biron, Bernier, Chris Mason, and Boucher. I'm stuck with Pavelec, Giguere, and Schneider. It's a short roster too, so I can't really sacrifice the forward spot to get Clemmensen or Bernier.